“We thought we would never find him.” Family seeks answers from Rockford funeral home after van holding man’s body was stolen

Curtis Brown, 47, died Jan. 20 of natural causes, his family said. They hope to send his body to Mississippi for burial. (Provided)

When Ed Brown was informed that a van containing his brother’s body had been stolen from a funeral home in Rockford over the weekend, he was incensed.

And when the van was located in Chicago without the body his thoughts went to a dark place. He didn’t think that he would ever see his brother again.